Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Paper Lantern Centerpiece

Today we have a guest blogger, paper lover, Jaclyn Frohn, of Impressed Inc. She creates made-to-order paper goods, big or small, crafty or chic, with personalization that showcases quality and individuality. In her view, "no two impressions should ever be the same". Click HERE to see her intriguing collection of paper images on pinterest.

We get questions about using paper lanterns as centerpieces all the time. My attempt at making one was pretty unwieldy.When I spotted the paper lantern centerpiece she created for Caitlyn's 1st Butterfly birthday I knew I had to get her to explain how she made it on our blog!

First I picked up numbered spice jars at the Christmas Tree shop. These were a great find as they would serve as the base of each centerpiece and read as the table number too.

Numbered Spice Jar, Christmas Tree Shop

The tops of the porcelain cups were cork so I drilled a hole in the middle of each one. I purchased wooden dowels and die cut flower cork stickers at Michaels.

On left: Die cut cork flower.

I drilled a hole in the middle the flower for the
dowel and placed the flower sticky side up underneath the lantern
serving as a base. Using hot glue I secured the dowel through the
lantern into the porcelain cup. To hold up the lantern I used wire
threaded in a triangle and attached it to dowel. I then glued moss
around the base of the cork and along the dowel to cover the wood.